Birds, Beasts and Flowers - Rewilding Austin.

Birds, Beasts and Flowers is a low-profit or no-profit restoration landscaping guy in Austin, TX.

I have something to expiate: A pettiness. - D. H. Lawrence

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"Man, I'm like David Attenborough." Double-crested Cormorant in action. Santa Barbara, California. June 17, 2021. Sound on. Watch to end.

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Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) on a Christmas Cholla (Cylindropuntia leptocaulis) just before Christmas. December 2022. Texas Hill Country. Handsome bird. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Dance while you eat. Learn from nature. Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata). McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, TX. Dec 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Blue jay not very happy about the owl's return.

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Owl's back. Catching some rays on a cold Christmas day. Pretty good present. Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) Bouldin Creek. Austin, TX December 2022.

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@SonoranSteve97 As they should.

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On the way back from California, I stopped by Tucson to take a photo of a Gila Woodpecker on a Saguaro. Because it is required by law. Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) Oro Valley, AZ. Dec 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Blue bird, green background. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Commons Ford Prairie. Austin, TX. December 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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The fox knows many things, the hedgehog one big thing. The Acorn Woodpecker knows some weird-ass shit that he ain't letting on. Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus). Goleta, CA. December 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Wait. One more. This one singing. Arlington Gardens, Pasadena, CA. December 2022.#BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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There are estimated to be about 45 million Northern Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) alive today. I have now photographed them all. Here is the last one. Upper Arroyo Park, Los Angeles, CA. December 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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I remember this Star Trek episode. It wasn't very good. Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Goleta, CA. December 2022.#BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Toyon time and the living is easy. American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Goleta, CA. December 2022.
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet showing his ruby crown. (Regulus calendula) Carpinteria, CA. November 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) sees what you're doing. Doesn't approve. Goleta, CA. November 2022.
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Why so much noise? He's tired.

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A stilting Stilt. Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) Santa Barbara, CA. November 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) trying to live his phoebe life in the noise of the 101 freeway while the human world hurries down the road for holiday shopping. Santa Barbara, CA. November 2022. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) at, appropriately, the California Botanic Garden. Claremont, CA. November 2022 #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #birdwatching #BirdTwitter

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Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) at vespers. Mason county, TX. November 2022.
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Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing. Western Meadowlarks sing like Western Meadowlarks. Eastern Meadowlarks sing like Eastern Meadowlarks. Any other way would be very confusing. Cornell's Merlin App helps. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #TwitterNatureCommunity #birding #BirdTwitter